We started with Poster Boys for Term Limits but then ran into Marcy Kaptur, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi and several other obviously qualified females for term limit posters. "Children" fits because, although they are aged in years, their real-world understanding and selfish narcissism is so childlike. They most certainly are not responsible adults.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

For Sale: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

For Sale: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

Following is a letter from U.S. Term Limits.

In
1986, 32-year-old lawyer Bob Menendez was elected Mayor of Union City, New
Jersey.

In 1988, he was elected to the state legislature.

In 1992, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 2006, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Now,
after 31 years of raking in dough as a politician, Menendez is on trial for
corruption.

Prosecutors
allege that Menendez took bribes from Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida
ophthalmologist, in exchange for special favors. Among the gifts Melgen gave
Menendez were all-expense-paid Caribbean vacations via private jet and $700,000
in campaign cash. Menendez became such a frequent traveler on Melgen’s jet that
the Doctor began directing his pilots to stock Evian water, the Senator’s
beverage of choice.

Of
course, Melgen didn’t lavish Menendez with gifts out of the kindness of his
heart. He did it to obtain special access and favors that no ordinary person
can get. In exchange for bribes, Menendez provided Melgen with:

influence
over immigration so foreign women could visit Melgen in the U.S.

pressure
on the State Department to honor an exclusive contract with a company
owned by Melgen

pressure
on Medicare to end a $9 million dispute in which Melgen, the country’s top
recipient of Medicare funds, was suspected of overbilling

This
is a classic case of a career politician, unsatisfied with his $174,000 annual
salary, trying to live the lifestyles of the rich and famous on taxpayer dime.

What’s
more remarkable is that Menendez is no isolated case. The senator who held the
seat immediately before him, Jon Corzine, was eventually sued by the federal
government for running a financial firm that stole nearly $1 billion of its own
customers’ assets.

And
before Corzine’s scandal, New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli took bribes
including a plasma TV, suits, ties, watches and art statues in exchange for
providing favors to his own megadonor.

Remember,
these guys all refer to themselves as public servants. But the deeper one digs
into Washington’s swamp, the more it becomes clear they are only serving
themselves.

According
to the Census Bureau, America’s four wealthiest counties are all suburbs of
Washington, D.C. While cities like Flint, MI and Johnstown, PA are bleeding
jobs, wealth and population, the trough of Washington has grown to its biggest
levels yet. Elected officials face more temptation than ever before to put
their power up for sale and join the ranks of the elite.

Are
you sick and tired of seeing people go to Washington with good intentions but
leave in handcuffs?

We must keep up this fight for congressional term limits. By
restoring humility to public office, term limits can and will reduce
corruption. Join the movement today.

Why "Poster Children for Term Limits?"

Our Founders gave us the Constitutional Republic unique in all of history in that the basic premise was that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights and that to secure these rights our government was instituted deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. A beautiful concept --no more kings or dictators of any kind --the people would rule in freedom. Small government with limited powers, checks and balances and States rights. It worked fairly well as the USA became the freest, richest country in the world.

What happened? The Professional Politician happened!

Virtually all of the problems of the past hundred years have resulted from the career politician pursuing his/her own goals --reelection became Job#1-- forgetting their oaths of office in favor of their own success in office. We are now paying the price as the Obama-Reid-Pelosi regime moved to control banks, unions, businesses, medicine, media, energy, schools and, of course, government at all levels.

My idea for this blog is to show with real-life examples who is doing this to us and how it is being done. Please point out any errors in my facts or thinking so, in the end, we get this right.

Grandfather

Born 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio, I have been an entrepreneur having founded and run several businesses, served on boards of public and private companies and since 1992 and until recently, a financial planner. I've been a life-long conservative political activist. Sandra, my wife of 54 years, and I have made our home near W. Palm Beach, Fla. since 1973. We have two sons; one is currently president of US Term Limits. We are blessed with four beautiful grandchildren. I am a committeeman on the Republican Executive Committee of Palm Beach County and an active member and contributor to the Heritage Foundation, The Club for Growth and US Term Limits, among other great American free market institutions. The title I now hold that motivates me to continue the fight for liberty -–eternal vigilance is, after all, the price of liberty-- is: Grandfather. I want to do what I can to pass on the freedoms I’ve enjoyed to my posterity –and yours.